"bootlicky" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From bootlick + -y.",
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          "ref": "1991 February 8, “Sen. Simpson And Peter Arnett”, in The Washington Post:",
          "text": "If Peter Arnett had been anywhere near as bootlicky and obsequious with Saddam Hussein as Alan Simpson was in a visit to the Iraqi dictator last April, we could understand why the CNN correspondent was being assaulted for his interviews and coverage.",
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          "ref": "2012, David M. Jessup, Mariano's Crossing, page 134:",
          "text": "Getting scolded like a child was hard to take, especially in front of her. But he couldn’t blame Pa after what happened yesterday. So he gave Pa a nod that he hoped wasn’t too bootlicky and turned Old Dun toward the Crossing.",
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          "ref": "2024, Diana Rubino, Mrs. Aaron Burr, I'm Eliza To You, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "He gave me a blow low enough to look gentlemanly, not bootlicky.",
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        "Prone to bootlicking; obsequious; servile."
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        "(informal) Prone to bootlicking; obsequious; servile."
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  "word": "bootlicky"
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        "(informal) Prone to bootlicking; obsequious; servile."
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